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Patent JP-2004085054-A (JP)
Title: Automatic ice making machine
Inventor: NISHIO TOMOYUKI
IPC: F25C1/12
Filed: 2002-08-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of rust and corrosion inside a device when, manufacturing, for example, ice containing salt.  <P>SOLUTION: Refrigerant from an ice making system is supplied to an ice making plate 10 to cool the ice making plate 10 during ice making operation, and saline solution is sprayed and supplied to the ice making plate 10 from an ice making water spraying device to form a lump of ice on an ice making face. Moreover, when operation is switched to ice removing operation, the ice making face of the ice making plate is heated by a heating means to drop the lump of ice from the ice making face. Furthermore, a washing means 28 for washing the ice making plate 10 by supplying washing water is arranged in a scattering region of salt water sprayed from the ice making water spraying device when operation is switched to washing operation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004087870-A (JP)
Title: Magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic memory device
Inventor: BESSHO KAZUHIRO
IPC: H01L27/105
Filed: 2002-08-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assure a great margin of selective recording into each memory unit by suppressing variations in inverse magnetic field between the memory units and the deviation of asteroids.  <P>SOLUTION: The magnetoresistive effect element comprises a stacked structure which includes at least two ferromagnetic layers 24 and 26 and an insulation layer 25 interposed between the two ferromagnetic layers 24 and 26, with the ferromagnetic layer 26 serving as a free layer which can inverse its magnetization direction and the ferromagnetic layer 24 serving as a fixed layer with no inversion of magnetization direction. The fixed layer 26 serves as a magnetic field application member for applying a static magnetic field to the free layer 24. For the fixed layer 26 to apply the static magnetic field, the intensity of leakage magnetic field from the fixed layer 26 is set to a prescribed value or above.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003152279-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor laser device
Inventor: FUJIMOTO TAKESHI
IPC: H01S5/22
Filed: 2002-08-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor laser device which is equipped with a refractive index control layer that is formed through a selective growth method and whose thickness is precisely controlled, superior in reproducibility of an effective refractive index difference, and manufactured in a high yield. SOLUTION: An optical waveguide layer 27 having a wider forbidden band than that of an active layer 25 is provided on one side of the active layer 25, a clad layer 28 having a wider forbidden band than that of the optical waveguide layer 27 is provided outside of the optical waveguide layer 27, and a refractive index control layer 31 equipped with a belt-like window R21 is embedded in the optical waveguide layer 27 through a selective growth method for the formation of an effective refractive index waveguide-type semiconductor laser device. A semiconductor layer 30 is provided through a selective growth method prior to the formation of the refractive index control layer 31 to the optical waveguide layer 27 where the refractive index control layer 31 is embedded, and an effective refractive index change in the semiconductor layer 30 with its thickness change is set smaller than that in the refractive index control layer 31 with its thickness change in a laminate 32 comprising the semiconductor layer 30 and the refractive index control layer 31.
Patent JP-2004093197-A (JP)
Title: Non-resonant knocking sensor
Inventor: HIRATA TOMOHIRO
IPC: G01H17/00
Filed: 2002-08-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sensor with a less output variation against a temperature variation in a sensor use environment and rather excellent temperature characteristics in the non-resonant knocking sensor.  <P>SOLUTION: This non-resonant knocking sensor 1 comprises a main metal fitting 20, a piezoelectric element 21 placed thereon, and a weight 24. The piezoelectric element 21 used is formed mainly of three components comprising (Bi<SB>0.5</SB>Na<SB>0.5</SB>)TiO<SB>3</SB>, (Bi<SB>0.5</SB>K<SB>0.5</SB>)TiO<SB>3</SB>, and BaTiO<SB>3</SB>. As a result, the non-resonant knocking sensor with less output variation against a variation in the use environment temperature and excellent in temperature characteristics more than those of a conventional sensor could be provided. Also, since lead is not contained in the baked piezoelectric element 21 formed mainly of BNT-BKT-BT component, lead is not dissipated in the air during baking, and the effect thereof on the environment is decreased.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004090563-A (JP)
Title: Inkjet image forming apparatus
Inventor: SAYAMA HARUO
IPC: B41J19/20
Filed: 2002-09-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent oil of a slide guide shaft from running out without requiring a sealed container of a lubrication oil and without rotating the slide guide shaft as a reference for scanning of a carriage.  <P>SOLUTION: This inkjet image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium by moving the carriage 102 having a recording head mounted thereon in a main scanning direction along the slide guide shaft 105. A cylindrical rotational member 1 that moves along with the movement of the carriage 102 is provided to the slide guide shaft 105 and the rotational member 1 is rotated by a rotational driving source outside of the carriage 102 so that the lubrication oil at the lower section of the slide guide shaft 105 is raised to the upper section, and then it is possible to prevent the oil of the slide guide shaft 105 from running out.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004093523-A (JP)
Title: Radiographic apparatus and radiographic method
Inventor: OKADA HIDEHIRO
IPC: G01N23/04
Filed: 2002-09-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus or a system for miniaturizing a radiographic apparatus and reducing an operational cost in radiography.  <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus is provided with image pickup means 6, 7 for obtaining a picked-up image of an inspected object 5 from a radiation transmitted through the inspection object 5, an X-ray generator 2 for controlling a radiation output, a monitor 8 for outputting the picked-up image obtained by the image pickup means 6, 7 on a screen, an image storage means 9 for storing the picked-up image before the monitor 8 outputs the picked-up image and an output switch means for implementing switch control for directly outputting the picked-up image obtained by the image pickup means 6, 7 to the monitor 8 or outputting the picked-up image to the monitor 8 through the image storage means 9. When the image storage means 9 stores the picked-up image, a control means stops the radiation output.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004103433-A (JP)
Title: Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and electrolyte used for the same
Inventor: SASAKI YUKIO
IPC: H01M10/05
Filed: 2002-09-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with excellent charge/discharge efficiency and storage property even at a high temperature.  <P>SOLUTION: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing Li, a positive electrode containing a metal oxide material capable of storing and releasing Li, and an electrolyte prepared by dissolving a Li salt in a nonaqueous solvent. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by that the nonaqueous solvent contains a compound (referred to as "fluorinated N-alkyl-lactam compound") in which at least a part of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms of an N-alkyl-lactam compound is substituted by fluorine atoms.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004142953-A (JP)
Title: Group iii nitride epitaxial substrate, epitaxial substrate for group iii nitride element, and group iii nitride element
Inventor: SHIBATA TOMOHIKO
IPC: H01L21/205
Filed: 2002-09-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new epitaxial substrate containing a sapphire single crystal base and an Al-containing group III nitride base film on which an Al-containing nitride film having low dislocation and excellent crystallinity can be formed.  <P>SOLUTION: The crystalline direction of the major face of the sapphire single crystal base constituting the epitaxial substrate is preferably inclined by 0.02 to 0.3° from the <0001> direction (C-axis direction) to the <1-100> direction (m-axis direction). A surface nitride layer is deposited on the surface layer in the above major face side. Then the group III nitride base film containing at least Al, having ≤2,000 seconds half width in the X-ray rocking curve on the (10-12) plane and ≤3.5Å surface roughness (Ra) in a 5 μm range, is formed on the major face of the sapphire single crystal base via the above surface nitride layer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004111607-A (JP)
Title: Method of manufacturing electronic component and soldering apparatus used for the same method
Inventor: OKADA HIDEKI
IPC: H05K3/34
Filed: 2002-09-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic component including a solder junction part not substantially including voids by sufficiently reducing and removing an oxide contained in the lead-free solder and to provide a method of manufacturing the same component.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the electronic component 150 comprises a substrate 110 and one or more elements 130 soldered to the surface of the same substrate. This method comprises the steps of allocating the solder 120 under the condition that it is independent of the substrate in the non-active atmosphere, irradiating in direct the almost entire surface of the solder with the reduction gas P in the plasma condition from a plasma supply source 52, and soldering the element to the substrate using the solder after irradiation of gas to form the plasma.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004113845-A (JP)
Title: Method of coating inner surface of steel pipe
Inventor: FURUKAWA KIMINORI
IPC: B05D7/22
Filed: 2002-09-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, by which uniform coating of the whole inner surface of a steel pipe which is installed nearly vertically and impossible to make large openings at its both ends or of a different diameter steel pipe obtained by connecting steel pipes having mutually largely different diameters can be performed easily and economically without causing adverse effects on the strength of the steel pipe to be coated.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of coating the inner surface of a steel pipe 1 comprises providing a suction hole 3 for sucking air in the direction nearly perpendicular to the axial direction of the steel pipe 1 at the lower part of the steel pipe 1 to be coated, connecting the suction hole 3 to a suction device 4, introducing air and paint 12 from the upper part of the steel pipe, operating the suction device 4, so as to generate a turning gas flow 15 flowing toward the lower part of the steel pipe 1 and to carry the paint, and making the paint flow down in a liquid film form 16 along the whole periphery of the inner surface of the steel pipe. It is effective to add a turning accelerating device 5 for increasing the turning strength of the turning flow.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004117684-A (JP)
Title: Radiological image acquisition method and system
Inventor: ARAKAWA SATORU
IPC: G03B42/02
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a radiological image with high quality in which the influence of unevenness of light emission of a stimulating light beam is more exactly eliminated in a radiological image acquisition method and system.  <P>SOLUTION: A radiological image conversion panel 1 having a light emission marker for detecting a position for emitting a light beam capable of transmitting an exciting light cut filter is used in a part of the system itself, the stimulating light beam generated from the radiological image conversion panel 1 on receiving irradiation of an exciting light beam Le and a light beam generated from the light emission marker are received by a line sensor 33 through an image formation optical system 31 and image signals indicating the radiological image recorded in the radiological conversion panel 1 as a latent image and an image of the light emission marker are acquired. A position of the radiological image indicated by the image signals is corrected based on a position of the image of the light emission marker indicated by the image signals by an image data correction part 60 and an image signal indicating a radiological image in which the influence of the unevenness of light emission of the stimulating light beam is eliminated is acquired by using the image signal of which the position is corrected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004119630-A (JP)
Title: Wafer temperature adjustment apparatus
Inventor: SAIBI KATSUO
IPC: H01L21/02
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wafer temperature adjustment apparatus which can set the wafer as the temperature adjustment object to the temperature nearer to the target temperature with temperature control by accurately assuming the temperature of wafer as the temperature adjustment object.  <P>SOLUTION: The wafer temperature adjustment apparatus 11 comprises a thermo-electric module 14 as the temperature adjustment mechanism which performs at least any of the temperature adjustment for cooling and heating to the wafer 23 of the temperature adjustment object, a resin setting board 39 inserted between the thermo-electric module 14 and the wafer as the temperature adjustment object 23, a dummy having the thermal characteristic similar to that of the wafer 23 which is arranged at the area near to the external circumference of the wafer 23, a disturbance sensor 30 placed in contact with the dummy, and a temperature sensor 29 for measuring the temperature of the setting board 39. Moreover, the temperature of the wafer 23 is estimated on the basis of the detected values of the temperature sensor 29 and the disturbance sensor 30 in order to control the temperature of the wafer 23 to the target temperature.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004118952-A (JP)
Title: Intermediate for optical recording medium, molding metal mold, molding apparatus, and manufacturing method of optical recording medium
Inventor: KOYAMA ATSUSHI
IPC: B29C45/56
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intermediate for an optical recording medium which is uniformly coated with a resin, is stocked in a stable state while saving space, transported by an existing transport mechanism even in the nonhardened state of the coated resin, and a loading center hole can be formed without burs.  <P>SOLUTION: In the intermediate ME1 for an optical recording medium which is manufactured prior to manufacturing the optical recording medium in which a loading center hole has been formed and a mechanism layer on one surface to carry out at least one of recording and reproducing of information, a circular recess DE with a diameter equal to that of the loading center hole is formed in the center of the other surface, a temporary center hole TH smaller in diameter than the circular recess DE is formed in the center of the circular recess DE, a cylindrical ring RI which has an outside diameter smaller than that of the loading center hole, an inside diameter equal to/larger than the diameter of the temporary center hole TH, and is substantially concentric with the temporary center hole TH is projectedly fromed one surface.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004114579-A (JP)
Title: Material for planographic printing plate
Inventor: TAKAHASHI RIEKO
IPC: G03F7/00
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a material for a planographic printing plate, which dispenses with plate making, using simple processing operations, or processing, which is directly fitted to a printing machine so as to enable plate making, which reduces a waste of printing paper at the start of printing, and which has excellent printability (water allowance, recovery from soil, scratch resistance, etc.).  <P>SOLUTION: This material for the planographic printing plate, wherein at least an image forming layer for forming an image by using heat is provided on a substrate, is characterized in that a distance between an optional non-image part (<SB>γ</SB>H<SB>2</SB>and<SB>γ</SB>D<SB>2</SB>) and an arbitrary image part (<SB>γ</SB>H<SB>1</SB>and<SB>γ</SB>D<SB>1</SB>) on the surface of the image forming layer in a coordinate space (<SB>γ</SB>H and<SB>γ</SB>D) indicated with surface energy<SB>γ</SB>h and surface energy<SB>γ</SB>d is in the range of 5≤ and <32.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004115100-A (JP)
Title: Cap device
Inventor: HAGANO HIROYUKI
IPC: B60K15/05
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap device with which a breaking load due to external force can be correctly specified within a predetermined range in vertical and radially various directions.  <P>SOLUTION: A fuel cap 10 transmits rotational torque to a casing body 20 via a torque member 90 by rotating a control handle 45 for closing an inlet. A weak portion 98 is provided along the inner periphery of the member 90. The weak portion 98 is formed to be annular of weak grooves 98a and thinned portions provided therebetween. When the external force is applied to a lid 40 or the like, the cap breaks at the weak portion 98 to keep sealability of a gasket GS.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004121010-A (JP)
Title: Method for disposing of excreta in birdcage for pet and birdcage used therefor
Inventor: YAMASHITA MITSUKO
IPC: A01K31/04
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify disposal of dirt such as excreta in a birdcage for pets.  <P>SOLUTION: The birdcage for the pets is composed of the following. A birdcage body having an inserting part for taking in and out a shielding plate in the birdcage on the top surface of an opening and closing port for taking in and out the pets such as small birds, a frame base for the birdcage body provided with a housing part for the shielding plate for housing the shielding plate in the birdcage at the bottom of the box body and additionally equipped with engaging tools in four corners and the shielding plate in the birdcage having the engaging tools additionally installed in the four corners of a thin single plate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004124376-A (JP)
Title: Scaffold suspension device for construction work
Inventor: NAGAFUKU TAKAYUKI
IPC: E04G3/00
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a practical, light and compact scaffold suspension device for construction work capable of being easily carried and transported and adjusting suspension height of a scaffold plate simply at site and being safe from electrical viewpoint.  <P>SOLUTION: A fiber rope 5 having a braided structure is used as a suspension rope body. A connection part 6 for suspension is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of the braided fiber rope 5. A length adjusting part 7 which leads the other end side in the longitudinal direction from a rope side part at an another position through a cavity at the center from a side part of rope itself is provided at an adequate section in an intermediate part. A beam member receive support part body 8 having electrical insulation is displaceably externally mounted between the connection part 6 for suspension and the length adjusting part 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003129078-A (JP)
Title: Lubricant composition containing alkali metal borate dispersed in polyalkylene succinic anhydride and metal polyisobutenyl sulfonate
Inventor: HARRISON JAMES J
IPC: C10M151/02
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new lubricant composition having improved mixing properties, extreme-pressure performance, and/or moisture durability. SOLUTION: There is disclosed a lubricant composition containing a dispersed hydrated alkali metal borate, a polyalkylene succinic acid dispersant selected from a polyalkylene succinic anhydride and a mixture of polyalkylene succinic anhydrides or their derivatives, and a metal polyisobutenyl sulfonate. Also disclosed are a method for improving moisture durability of the lubricant composition and a method for producing the lubricant containing the dispersed hydrated alkali metal borate and the dispersant mixture.
Patent JP-2004144770-A (JP)
Title: Light source adjusting device
Inventor: SHIBAZAKI TAKAMI
IPC: G02B19/00
Filed: 2002-10-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light source adjusting device capable of realizing the adjustment of a light source which can be quantitatively evaluated and also realizing the facilitation of operation.  <P>SOLUTION: The light source adjusting device has a Kohler illumination system having a collector lens 4 to project the image of a light source 2 to the position of the pupil 10a of an objective 10, the lens 4 is moved in an optical axis direction by a focusing part 3, and light from a sample 11 irradiated with the light from the light source 2 through the lens 4 is image-picked up by a CCD camera 12, and light intensity is fetched from the picked-up image data. Then, a pseudo color image in accordance with the light intensity is formed by an image processing part 13, and the obtained result is displayed on a display part 14.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004121524-A (JP)
Title: Gas rice cooker
Inventor: MIZUTANI KEIICHI
IPC: F23N5/00
Filed: 2002-10-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of the conventional gas rice cooker in which a heating power control lever 4 is manually operated to set a gas flow rate for boiling the rice, that the flow rate can't be set optimum in the case of cooking the wash free rice.  <P>SOLUTION: This gas rice cooker is provided with a position specifying means 22 for specifying the operating position of an operator according to ordinary rice and wash free rice, whereby the gas flow rate can be set optimum by one operator 4 in the case of boiling the wash free rice different from that of the ordinary rice.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004122935-A (JP)
Title: Automatic opening/closing device for vehicle
Inventor: NORO YASUNORI
IPC: B60J5/10
Filed: 2002-10-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve durability of an automatic opening/closing device for a vehicle by preventing deflection of an output gear, and prevent dirt of a vehicle by suppressing leakage of lubrication oil.  <P>SOLUTION: A thrust bearing 61 is provided between a back surface 58b of an output gear 58 and a main case 25, and a thrust bearing 62 is provided between an output surface 58c of the output gear 58 and an output side cover 28. A connecting rod 16 is connected in the inner periphery side of the thrust bearing 62 to the output surface 58c of the output gear 58, and the other end of the connecting rod 16 is connected to the back door. Axial load applied to the output gear 58 through the connecting rod 16, is supported by the thrust bearings 61, 62. The lubrication applied to the engaging part of the output gear 58 with a small diameter spur gear 55, is arranged so as not to be extended to a slit 64 by being blocked off with the thrust bearings 61, 62.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO